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LET YOUR FINGERS DO THE WALKING

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The student will recognize different information sources. 2. The student will use a telephone book as a resource for locating agricultural businesses and people with agriculture-related jobs.Discuss the purpose of the phone book, and...
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COMMON KINDS OF INSECTS

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils will recognize and name three common insects.1. Share background information with students. 2. Provide pupils with the "bug body" puzzle pages, and have them cut the puzzles out.1. Share background information with students. 2....
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Fire Safety Skills Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice their fire safety skills of stop, drop and roll, as well as moving low (crawling) through a low organized tag game. They discuss fire safety practices and the importance of smoke detectors. Students experience...
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Capture the Running Flag

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students become are flag holders. Each one has a flag tucked into back pocket or waist band with flag exposed down to at least the knee. Once the flag is in pocket they can no longer touch flag. The goal for the non-flag holders is to...
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Forensic Detectives: Who Did It?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore forensic science and its uses in criminal investigations. They solve a fictional crime by identifying and analyzing the fingerprints, strand of hair, and thread samples for evidence. After completing charts for each,...
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The Mystery Box

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in groups with a wooden box that is sealed shut. They make predictions about what is inside the box. Before being allowed to open the box, the groups make hypotheses, conduct experiements, record results, draw conclusions,...
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Weddings Around the World

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students explore and become aware of the similarities and differences of weddings in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. They assess a variety of tools to assist them including their parents, books on weddings, costumes and props. Given a...
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Finding Value in the Renaissance

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners explore art during the Renaissance period through the use of math. They solve word problems based upon historic documents of Renaissance Italy which contain real life situations, currencies and formulas. Students discover both...
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Applications Of Rational Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is about relational functions with the application of methods to real life problem situations. They use the examples found in the lesson for the purpose of practice during guided instruction. Students can...
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What Makes A Bird A Bird?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars identify the characteristics of birds and explain how these characteristics are useful in their survival. They explain how both physical and environmental adaptations help birds survive and reproduce. Students create an...
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Dell House Dig

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students experience an archaeological dig exploring off the shore of Black Hawk Island and Wisconsin River. They study in the same place where the infamous Dell House once stood. Dell House and its historical significance is reviewed...
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What Does It Mean to Give Your Time?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and consider what it means to sacrifice time and effort in helping others. Then they decide areas where their help may be needed, and pursue this area in the local community. Students also search the World Wide Web to...
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Some Rocks are Heavier Than Others

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe several rocks and try to tell by looking and feeling, which rock is the heaviest, and which is the lightest. They take turns putting two rocks at a time in the balance scale to see which rock is the heaviest, then they...
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Opera

For Students 5th - 9th
In this history of opera learning exercise, learners explore and research what an opera is and then answer four questions regarding the history of opera in complete sentences.
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Pronouns and Antecedents

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students read fifteen sentences, underline the antecedent in each one and circle the correct pronoun that makes each sentence grammatically correct.
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Analogies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this analogy worksheet, middle schoolers answer seven questions using their problem solving skills and vocabulary skills to discover how words are related to each other. Students are encouraged to use dictionaries.
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Audrey Hepburn Activity Worksheet and Progress Test

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Audrey Hepburn activity and progress test worksheet, students respond to a total of 23 true/false, multiple choice, matching, and fill in the blank questions pertaining to Audrey Hepburn.
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Long u: Cloze the Gap!

For Teachers 2nd
For this cloze activity worksheet, 2nd graders complete 12 sentences using long u words from the word bank at the bottom of the page. They read each sentence before adding the word that makes sense.
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Unit 4 (Grammar and Word Choice Quiz)

For Students 4th - 5th
In this grammar worksheet, students complete a 3 page, 15 question multiple choice quiz on correct word use. Students complete each sentence with the correct word from 4 choices.
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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Sunny Science

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students develop problem-solving, observation, and critical-thinking skills. In this early childhood lesson, students explore the topic of the sun as they notice shadows and light.
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Read and Write Numbers to 100

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this early childhood math practice worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 story problems that require them to add or subtract.
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Fragments

For Students 6th - 7th
In these sentence correction worksheets, students read the short passages in each example and then determine which part is a fragment. Students circle the fragment.
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The Human Cheek Cell

For Students 7th
In this human cells worksheet, 7th graders complete a science experiment using human cheek cells. Students sketch the cells at high and lower power and label the cell nucleus, cytoplasm, and cell membrane.
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Jobs in Jamestown

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars research data on Jamestown settlers in order to learn about the daily life and events in the colony. In this investigative history lesson, students work in groups to analyze the results of the Jamestown census. Young...